Padre Pio Festival

St. Padre Pio Parish in Vineland celebrated the 12th annual Padre Pio Festival Sept. 28, five days after the feast of the beloved saint. The festival included an 11 a.m. procession and Mass, a 2 p.m. Italian Mass, food, children’s games, and blessings of the faithful, with relics of St. Padre Pio, Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, and Mother Pauline. Above, the procession brings a statue of Padre Pio into the church before the Mass starts.
Photo by Alan M. Dumoff, more photos http://ccdphotolibrary.smugmug.com

St. Padre Pio Parish in Vineland celebrated the 12th annual Padre Pio Festival Sept. 28, five days after the feast of the beloved saint. The festival included an 11 a.m. procession and Mass, a 2 p.m. Italian Mass, food, children’s games, and blessings of the faithful, with relics of St. Padre Pio, Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, and Mother Pauline. Above, the procession brings a statue of Padre Pio into the church before the Mass starts.Photo by Alan M. Dumoff, more photos http://ccdphotolibrary.smugmug.com